Romantic Cosmopolitanism [electronic resource] /
Wohlgemut, E.author.
Romantic Cosmopolitanism shows how cosmopolitanism in the early nineteenth century offers a non-unified formulation of the nation that stands in contrast to more unified models such as Edmund Burke's which found nationality in, among other things, language, history, blood and geography.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 A Cosmopolitan Nation?: Kant, Burke and the Question of Borders; 2 'A Great Federacy' of Nations: Internationalism and the Edinburgh Review; 3 An Alternative Formulation: The Idea of National Literature in Staël and the Edinburgh Review; 4 Porous Borders: Maria Edgeworth and the Question of National Identity; 5 Pilgrim, Exile, Vagabond: Byron and the Citizen of the World; 6 Cosmopolitan Figures and Cosmopolitan Literary Forms; Epilogue: Reactionary Cosmopolitanism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Romantic Cosmopolitanism shows how cosmopolitanism in the early nineteenth century offers a non-unified formulation of the nation that stands in contrast to more unified models such as Edmund Burke's which found nationality in, among other things, language, history, blood and geography.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
British literature.
Great Britain—History.
Literature.
Literature, Modern.
Social History.
Cultural History.
British and Irish Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Literature, general.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.